this is the normal, as bob said, i'm ready . >> we all -- we have to grow. a [inaudible] >> eastbound immediate an assumption here on tipped thundershower hat to an assumption one particular outcome in the election which is the president gets reelected. the second term. you mention briefly there was a possibility of romney might be elected. let's talk about that a second. though the reciprocally -- [laughter] >> good thing i'm here. [laughter] >> and i think everybody greens with that. >> but -- [laughter] in terms of the issue of american instance, do you think that the president romney would handle things, do things have and impact an 0 american influence that was different from president obama was doing? >> well, i mean, unfortunately for answering the question, my basic thesis there's a tremendous degree of continuity between presidents. we already saw and jessica and i have a running discussion about this. i was going say argument which it's not. >> treatment. >> which began around january 2009. many people have been struck. the nighttimes "new york tim